This is the second in a series of entries on IOT in the real world that impact people’s lives directly, i.e. what is not just a predicability of the future, but things that are going to happen! smart luggage has been a while in the making, with the big brands dabbling for years, however as they have appeared on kickstarter successes already; mainstream will finally dig out their initiatives, dust them down and follow. If they don’t, you know where to spend your money doing it yourself or buying from the likes of G-Ro.

Have a Hard Launch Date, as early as an MVP possible and Stick to it – MVNO Gold Rules

It used to be a lot easier in the past; with full MVNOs the test window with the MNO could close and take weeks or months to access again, to name but one. However in the new cloud based world its all so flexible and easy that its easy to just keep slipping another month, but I have noticed that with this the number of failed MVNO, that is the ones that never make it to market, not those that launch and fail, is on the up.

This is the most ignored rule of all and one of the biggest culprit of failed MVNOs, and by that I mean not the launched MVNOs that fail, but moreover the huge amount that never make it to launch due to over complication, which in turn creates delays and cost which moreover lead to uncertainty and uncontrolled risk in the eyes of many – the killer of all things new and venturous!

One of the most difficult user experiences to get right for an MVNO is setting data settings. Back in 2007, when we integrated the first 3rd Party OTA APN in the cloud, we decided that they were so bad we would do them ourselves, which is the foundation of our OTA SIM, and OTA eSIM platform as well